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Siemens and Mitsubishi have unveiled far-reaching plans for a carve-up of Alstom, the French industrial champion.

The German-Japanese alliance has come up with a plan to split Alstom’s gas turbine and other energy interests and its railway rolling stock and signalling operations in an attempt to counter a $16.9 billion takeover by GE of the United States.

Nearly 7,000 Alstom workers in Britain, who maintain power plant and trains ranging from the tilting Virgin Pendolino to London Undergound carriages, are affected by the power struggle.

The plan by Siemens and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries emerged after French ministers responded to GE’s